Victory Ring (Battle Road promo)

Victory Ring (Japanese: 勝利のリング Victory Ring) is a Trainer card. It is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.

This article is about a Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English and, hence, may not be released outside of Japan. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.
Trainer
Victory Ring
勝利のリング Victory Ring

2003-2004 print
Illus. Takumi Akabane
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards

Card text
All prints
You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
FLARE
You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
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Victory Ring can only be used by official tournament winners.

Turn all of your Prize cards face up. You may choose any number of them and return them to your deck. If you do, shuffle your deck. Then, take the same number of cards from the top of your deck and put them face down as your Prize cards without looking at them.

 Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.


Release information

This card was awarded to the top three competitors from each age division in each of the regional Japanese Battle Road Spring 2003 tournaments held between March and April 2003. It was awarded again in the same manner to participants of the Battle Road Autumn 2003, Battle Road Spring 2004, and Battle Road Autumn 2004 tournaments. For the 2005 season, it was reprinted as a holographic card with different artwork by the same illustrator featuring Pikachu. This version was awarded to the top three competitors from each age division in each of the regional Battle Road Spring 2005 and 2006 tournaments. Details of each Battle Road tournament this card was awarded at are below.

Battle Road Spring 2003

  • Hokkaidō conference: Ito-Yokado Tonden, Sapporo on March 23, 2003.
  • Kantō A conference: Ito-Yokado Kasai, Tokyo on March 23, 2003.
  • Kansai conference: Daiei Deyashiki, Amagasaki on March 23, 2003.
  • Tōhoku conference: Ito-Yokado Izumi-ku, Sendai on March 30, 2003.
  • Chūbu conference: APiTA Nagakute, Aichi on March 30, 2003.
  • Kyūshū conference: Daiei Sasaoka, Fukuoka on March 30, 2003.
  • Kantō B conference: ESPA Kawasaki, Kanagawa on April 6, 2003.
  • Chūgoku/Shikoku conference: Fuji GRAND Natalie, Hiroshima on April 6, 2003.

Battle Road Autumn 2003

  • Kantō conference: Toshimaen Park, Tokyo between October 11-13, 2003.
  • Kansai conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on November 23, 2003.
  • Chūbu conference: FLEX Building, West Pavillion, Nagoya on November 30, 2003.

Battle Road Spring 2004

  • Kansai conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on March 21, 2004.
  • Kyūshū conference: Fukuoka Fashion Building, Fukuoka on March 21, 2004.
  • Hokkaidō conference: Sapporo Factory, Sapporo on March 27, 2004.
  • Kantō conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on March 28, 2004.
  • Chūbu conference: Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on March 31, 2004.
  • Chūgoku/Shikoku conference: Hiroshima Industrial Hall, Hiroshima on March 31, 2004.
  • Tōhoku conference: Aztec Museum, Sendai on April 4, 2004.

Battle Road Autumn 2004

  • Kansai conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on October 24, 2004.
  • Kantō conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on November 7, 2004.
  • Chūbu conference: Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on November 21, 2004.

Battle Road Spring 2005

  • Chūgoku/Shikoku conference: Hiroshima Industrial Hall, Hiroshima on March 13, 2005.
  • Hokkaidō conference: Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo on March 20, 2005.
  • Kansai A conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on March 26, 2005.
  • Kansai B conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on March 27, 2005.
  • Tōhoku conference: Aztec Museum, Sendai on March 27, 2005.
  • Kantō A conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on April 2, 2005.
  • Kantō B conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on April 3, 2005.
  • Chūbu conference: Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya on April 3, 2005.
  • Kyūshū conference: Fukuoka Fashion Building, Fukuoka on May 8, 2005.*

Battle Road Spring 2006

  • Hokkaidō conference: Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo on March 19, 2006.
  • Kantō A conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on March 25, 2006.
  • Kantō B conference: Hamamatsuchō House, Tokyo on March 26, 2006.
  • Tōhoku conference: Aztec Museum, Sendai on April 2, 2006.
  • Chūbu conference: Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on April 9, 2006.
  • Chūgoku/Shikoku conference: Hiroshima Industrial Hall, Hiroshima on April 16, 2006.
  • Kansai A conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on April 22, 2006.
  • Kansai B conference: Umeda Center Building, Osaka on April 23, 2006.
  • Kyūshū conference: Fukuoka Fashion Building, Fukuoka on April 30, 2006.
2003-2004 print
2005-2006 print
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia
  • Based on the distribution at regional tournaments, an estimated 189 of the 2003-2004 print, and an estimated 162 of the 2005-2006 print exist.
  • Victory Ring cards awarded between 2003 and 2004 were presented in a framed certificate; those awarded between 2005 and 2006 were presented in perspex mounts. Both featured the event name, regional tournament and age division; the certificate also included the winner's name.

Origin


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